Print Email Facebook Twitter The Rotterdam Scan Study: Design and update up to 2012 Title The Rotterdam Scan Study: Design and update up to 2012 Author Ikram, M.A. Van der Lugt, A. Niessen, W.J. Krestin, G.P. Koudstaal, P.J. Hofman, A. Breteler, M.M.B. Vernooij, M.W. Faculty Applied Sciences Department Imaging Science and Technology Date 2011-10-16 Abstract Neuroimaging plays an important role in etiologic research on neurological diseases in the elderly. The Rotterdam Scan Study was initiated as part of the ongoing Rotterdam Study with the aim to unravel causes of neurological disease by performing neuroimaging in a population-based longitudinal setting. In 1995 and 1999 random subsets of the Rotterdam Study underwent neuroimaging, whereas from 2005 onwards MRI has been implemented into the core protocol of the Rotterdam Study. In this paper, we discuss the background and rationale of the Rotterdam Scan Study. We also describe the imaging protocol and post-processing techniques, and highlight the main findings to date. Finally, we make recommendations for future research, which will also be the main focus of investigation in the Rotterdam Scan Study. Subject epidemiologypopulation-basedrisk factorsneuroimagingcohort studydementiastrokeAlzheimers diseasemicrobleedswhite matter lesionsinfarctscerebral blood flowdiffusion tensor imaginggenetics To reference this document use: http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:77f4b8ad-f266-4122-b657-f18e48c81019 Publisher Springer ISSN 0393-2990 Source http://www.springerlink.com/content/jj01618287558764/ Source European Journal of Epidemiology, 26 (10), 2011 Part of collection Institutional Repository Document type journal article Rights (c) 2011 The Author(s). This article is published with open access at Springerlink.com Files PDF ikram.pdf 644.21 KB Close viewer /islandora/object/uuid:77f4b8ad-f266-4122-b657-f18e48c81019/datastream/OBJ/view